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Spheri is a reformed version of "Spheronese," spoken by Spherons on the planet Žaǰori 1a (formed from waǰož "boulder" and zori "wind," and then žara "fire.") Its spoken form is known as Ižkwa, and its written form is known as Ižkwe.

There are four main dialects of Ižkwa, specified as fire, water, air, and earth (žara, roǰi, zori, and jaža) as well as countless other variants and dialects of the language. The main dialects are colloquially named Ižara, Ižoǰi, Ižori, and Ižaža, and natively known as Isara (voiceless/voiced chance not applied, but in a few words still does, such as loan words), Ižoǰi (main dialect), Ižori (usage of q and v), and Iz'az'a (different writing system and spelling to represent voicing).

Spheronese was rejected as the language of Spherons due to the fact that it had no system or rules for it to function, as well as a lack of pattern in the words. In 1652, a language known as "Isciva" was created as one of the solutions or reforms for the Spheronese language. It was officially adopted by the beings in 1655, and was left unchanged for many years, until, in 1720, reforms were made to the pronunciation and alphabet to pave the road to modern Ižkiwa.

If two similar consonants, or in the case of case and number markers, vowels, occur together, a pause may occur between them. In other variants of pronunciation, the sound is geminated. Note: the following example includes an Extended IPA symbol.

Nouns are specified without articles, therefore the word žara can mean "fire," "the fire," and "a fire." However, in early Ižkiwa, these articles existed as "ri-" and "kar-". Therefore, sara ("fire" in early Ižkiwa, before the voiced/voiceless change) would be declensed as risara "a fire," and karsara "the fire."

Nouns are created or declensed using markers, to specify properties such as number, gender, size (diminutive/augmentative), and person. Only the size markers can be repeated ad infinitum, as long as they are the same marker, intensifying or weakening a noun further and further.

Type of Marker

Marker 1

Marker 2

Marker 3

Number

"-n"

None

"-iǰ"

Plural

Gender

"-e"

Masculine

"-a"

Feminine

Diminutive/Augmentative

"-iž"

Diminutive

"-ož"

Augmentative

Person

"-eǰ"

First

"-eǰe"

Second

"-eǰa"

Third

Unlike case markers, these markers will "assimilate" over a vowel ending, such as with the following case:

žara (fire) + -ož -> žarož (conflagration)

However in some dialects, this rule is not applied to words at all.

In the case of the grammatical person marker, it only applies to specific words [specify].

In this language, there are five cases, specified with a case marker each: nominative (-aǰ), accusative (-ež), dative (-eža), ablative (-žew), and genitive (-ǰe). They can be described as the subject, the direct object, the indirect object, from the object, and of the object, respectively. These are used only to specify the case of nouns, not adjectives, verbs, or other word classes.

This table is using the word žara "fire" to demonstrate the case markers in the language.

Noun + Case marker

Meaning

Nominative

žaraaǰ

fire

Accusative

žaraež

fire

Dative

žaraeža

to the fire

Ablative

žaražew

from the fire

Genitive

žaraǰe

of the fire

The case markers do not usually assimilate with the vowels in the word, as they are not "word-creating" markers. However, in some dialects, it can assimilate with the vowels, as they are understood in the context. Therefore, žaraǰ, žarež, and žareža, in this instance, are possible in those dialects.